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When Things Start to Think by Neil Gershenfeld, Neil A. Gershenfeld is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is When Things Start to Think about?

We Live In A World Of Increasingly Intrusive Information Technology, Requiring That People Meet The Needs Of Machines Rather Than The Other Way Around. In When Things Start To Think, Neil Gershenfeld Explains Why This Has Happened And How To Fix It. This Book Presents A Compelling Vision Of What The World Will Be Like Tomorrow, Based On Technology In The Laboratory Today. From A Shoe That Can Exchange Data Through A Handshake, To A Universal Book That Can Change The Printing On Its Pages, To A Supercomputer In A Coffee Cup, Gershenfeld Shows How To Dismantle The Barrier Between The Bits Of The Digital World And The Atoms Of Our Physical World In Order To Bring Together The Best Attributes Of Both Worlds.--jacket. Digital Evolution -- Bits And Books -- Digital Expression -- Wear Ware Where? -- Personal Fabricator -- Smart Money -- Rights And Responsibilities -- Bad Words -- Bit Beliefs -- Seeing Through Windows -- Nature Of Computation -- Business Of Discovery -- Information And Education -- Things That Think. Neil Gershenfeld. Includes Index.

Author

Neil Gershenfeld, Neil A. Gershenfeld

Publisher

Henry Holt and Co.

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805058802

Subjects

Sociology, Computer Science, Social_sciences